Ocean State Job Lot

A favorite store. They have an excellent selection for food: gourmet stuff and normal items, usually cheap and NOT defective, old, etc. (I do have some rules about what types of packaging I will accept from any discount store, however — mostly that everything has to be sealed and not just boxed.) High ticket food items like decent oils, real nut butters, real maple syrup, nuts, etc. are the #1 reason to come here I think. (Tip: when buying Teddy’s peanut butter, look at the label — the one with just nuts is some of the best PB I’ve had; the one with more ingredients is not worth buying) This store also has a selection of cheap tools that can come in really handy. Most of the tools are of dubious quality (think Harbor Freight minus a few points), but OSJL can be a lifesaver when it comes to buying certain (non-​electrical) tools that you need urgently. Also, the last time I went to the Fairhaven store, they had a really good selection of exercise stuff (dumbbells, kettlebells, etc) cheap — I would’ve bought some stuff if I didn’t have to ship it or check it on the airplane back to San Diego.

Ocean State Job Lot is a great place to find cheap stuff. This particular one in Fairhaven seems a bit more organized than some of the other ones I have seen, but it’s still pretty chaotic. You have to spend some time and energy finding what you want and sometimes what you want isn’t what they have. Still, everytime I go I find something I can use or eat and I don’t spend a lot of money.
From my experience in several job lots the staff aren’t exactly enthusiastic, but with a bit of effort you can usually get the right information out of them. Walkling into a Job Lot there are no surprises. They are exactly what they seem to be, nothing more and nothing less.

Who dosen’t like getting a matress, a towel, a pocket knife, and a six pack of gum for only seven dollars?

I love Ocean State Job Lot. Every single one of them. Ahh.
Cheapie (good) food items. I mean, olive oil for $ 3 (compared to Shaw’s who was $ 8), spices for under a buck, and interesting snacks (lasagna chips, huge-​ass bags of pita chips, dogfood sized bags of Malt-​O-​Meal fruit loops for $ 3? hell yeah) and cheap toys (Catwalk Kitties, yeah Barbies for furries, rofl) and coloring books (Peeps coloring book!) and all sorts of weird things? I love these places. The Fairhaven one I think I go to the most, maybe as much as the King’s Highway one in New Bedford, since this one is next to the huge Marshall’s. I love cheapie stores. Thanks, thrifty parents I’ve inherited traits from. :)